HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Amidst all the revenue numbers and share valuations that companies wear as a badge of honor, the concept of employee relationship management has emerged as another undeniable sign of a successful organization. This can range from overseeing physical working conditions to providing fringe benefits that endear employees to their employers.

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So rapid is the pace of new developments, and so diverse the forms of competition, that many large corporations struggle to be agile enough to compete. Yet conventional silos, management practices and mindsets act as brakes on all of these. And it also means that a new approach to leadership and management is needed.

Agility 120

Agility Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 120

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In selecting the first 25 coaches, I have tried to achieve a great deal of diversity. Alexander Osterwalder – Thinkers 50 #1 Strategy Thinker 2015, co-founder Strategyzer, Osterwalder Strategy Facilitation, million-selling author Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , inventor Business Model Canvas. at Walgreens.

Disruptive Innovation 70

Disruptive Innovation Executive Coaching Human Resources CEO 70

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The software giant, which has expanded parental leave for both genders and mentorship programs for women , was recently named in a proposed class-action suit alleging managers unfairly passed over women for raises and promotions; Microsoft says it is reviewing the complaint. Source: The Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2015. "At

eBook 70

eBook Performance Review Class Career 70

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

This diverse group of coaches are some of the top people in their fields and will come from around the world to join me in Phoenix June 23-25! Alexander Osterwalder – Thinkers 50 #1 Strategy Thinker 2015-17, million-selling author Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , inventor Business Model Canvas.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Handling diversity is not easy. Allowing people to be themselves generates commitment – and fosters creativity. : What It Takes to Create an Authentic Organization (Harvard Business Review Press, November 2015) by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Authors.

Organization 50

Organization Mission Statement Human Capital Self-aware 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

We in the diversity and inclusion community call this “identity cover,” and it makes it difficult to know how they feel and what they want, which makes them vulnerable to leaving their organizations. Most business leaders understand the diversity part of diversity and inclusion.

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Diversity Focus Group Survey Attrition 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2015

Visionary and lauded business accelerator Michelle Patterson is President of the Global Women Foundation and The California Women’s Conference – the largest women’s symposium in North America that has featured esteemed First Ladies, A-List Hollywood celebrities, and high caliber business influencers. About the Author.

Diversity 50

Diversity Conference Competitive Advantage Participative 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2018

PR practitioners need to be keenly attuned to what their brands’ strategies are and how their campaigns can be perceived, but they’ll be hard-pressed to do so if they don’t become more diverse and inclusive themselves. The Holmes Report published in 2015 found that while women make up 70% of those employed in the U.S.

PR 9

PR Diversity Public Relations CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Striving to increase workplace diversity is not an empty slogan — it is a good business decision. In a global analysis of 2,400 companies conducted by Credit Suisse, organizations with at least one female board member yielded higher return on equity and higher net income growth than those that did not have any women on the board.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Price Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The business case for diversity is clear. Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. And many diversity programs fail. I asked three questions: Why do you care about diversity?

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Diversity CEO Rogers Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

In today’s workplace, diversity is more than just a buzzword; it’s a way to build a stronger business. At Pinterest, we understand that diverse teams yield smarter , more innovative results, which are essential in the competitive, dynamic tech industry. Setting diversity goals isn’t enough.

Diversity 8

Diversity Engineering Goal Industry 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2015

Visionary and lauded business accelerator Michelle Patterson is President of the Global Women Foundation and The California Women’s Conference – the largest women’s symposium in North America that has featured esteemed First Ladies, A-List Hollywood celebrities, and high caliber business influencers. About the Author.

Conference 50

Conference Diversity Competitive Advantage Entrepreneur 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. How talent management is changing. ” Insight Center. .” ” Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Globalization 8

Globalization Emotional Intelligence Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In 2015, we conducted a workforce analysis that revealed a significant shortage of women in leadership at our company. Overall, our global workforce was 47% female — and 53% of entry-level employees were women. Our management team was invested in this undertaking from the beginning.

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Positioning Leadership Health Care Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It offered a competitive salary and extensive training, and it could point to several minority leaders in management. When I joined the company, my branch sales manager — someone I considered a field office general — was black, as were many of my instructors. The job began my long career in the high-tech industry.

Diversity 9

Diversity Analysis Metrics Benchmarking 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2016

Management endorsed her proposal to make over the New Delhi and Kolkata branches into all-women-staffed banks. Our case studies also make clear why so many companies that have succeeded in diversifying their ranks fail to capitalize on that diversity: management too often elicits and endorses the ideas of people like themselves.

Diversity 8

Diversity Globalization Case Study Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

At the consultancy where she used to work, Karla Martin, Google ’s Director of Global Business Strategy, watched a partner repeatedly offer the lead role on new business to a white male whom she had previously led on a massive cost-reduction project for a multimillion-dollar client. ” What, or who, will open the door?

Management 8

Management Diversity Report Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2017

On a global basis, companies are losing faith in their digital smarts. In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. Compare that with 67% and 66% in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Jobs requiring greater analytical skills, for example, grew at a 77% clip from 1980 to 2015.

Skills 12

Skills Company Technology Tools 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

Writing for the Harvard Business Review in 1988, Peter Drucker predicted that in 20 years the average organization would have slashed the number of management layers by half and shrunk its managerial ranks by two-thirds. Between 1983 and 2014, the number of managers, supervisors and support staff in the U.S. in 2001 to 16% in 2015.

Bureaucracy 10

Bureaucracy Organization Health Care Drucker 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Gallup tells us that 87% of global employees are disengaged, so it should be the top priority for every CEO. We hire diverse people with different skill sets, and we ask them to do the same job, the same way as everyone else. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. He’s not alone. Eighty-seven percent.

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Drucker Engineering Globalization Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

The World Economic Forum’s recent Global Gender Gap Report 2015 gives us a wealth of detail about the continued worldwide imbalance in gender equality and what it means for the future. They make up the majority of top managers in only four of those countries. In some areas the news is good. How can this be?

Diversity 8

Diversity Report Globalization McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Last year there was significant movement by the financial community to push companies to look harder at climate change in particular, but also at other factors that matter to long-term performance, such as LGBT rights, economic inequality, and boardroom diversity. But have the letters made much of a difference? It’s not clear.

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Letter Long-term Short-term Diversity 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

These are the companies that retain the best people, create environments where diverse teams thrive, and ultimately reap the greatest financial rewards. An additional source of qualitative data expanded the survey: We used a panel selected from the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. Methodology.

Company 8

Company Ethics Automotive Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2018

Though profitable again, the company needed to transform itself into a global renewable materials company. ” Among a number of initiatives to kindle the transformation, Stora Enso took a novel approach to change management. Building a diverse team with highly motivated people was necessary, but not sufficient.

Company 8

Company Participative Diversity Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. This is the first time within the NHS that designers, engineers and clinicians have been brought together to co-create.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation. How Boards Can Foster Innovation.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

In 2015, for example, there were 23 states that had fewer than 10 black students who took the AP computer science exam. The Global Digital Economy. There’s much work to be done — while participation in computer science among black and Hispanic high schoolers is increasing, it remains low. Insight Center.

Industry 8

Industry Diversity Class Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

So here’s how she made sure her résumé attracted the attention of hiring managers when she started applying for chief administrative officer (CAO) positions. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance. Manage and evaluate performance of work-study students and graduate assistants.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The Perkins Fund has also had numerous successful businesses that are not gender-related, like 1 Mainstream, a cloud-based video service that was acquired by Cisco in 2015. of VC funding in 2015 went to firms founded by women of color. VC funding tends to go to male founders. had a female CEO.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Sample Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

According to a 2015 Healthline survey , 44% of people say that they are stressed during the holidays, with more than 18% reporting that they’re “very stressed.” According to a 2017 survey by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., The annual holiday party is a great example.

Stress 11

Stress Team Survey Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

There are now five generations working alongside each other – an unprecedented opportunity to learn from such a diverse range of experiences. As Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy at Airbnb, I allocated one-fifth of my time to employees from all over the organization as a confidante and coach.) Ross School for Business.

Wiseman 11

Wiseman Mentor Hammer Learning-by-Doing 11

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. Leaders who had access to global and more visible experiences are more likely to advance.

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

This “pivoting” among stakeholders is what our 2015 study of leaders and rising talent in 11 markets (Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the U.S.) reveals to be a core competency of global executives.

Core Competence 8

Core Competence Emotional Intelligence Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8